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Phil Spitalny (November 7, 1890 – October 11, 1970) was a Russian Empire-born American musician, music critic, composer, and bandleader heard often on radio during the 1930s and 1940s. He rose to fame after he led an all-female orchestra, a novelty at the time.
Es wurde nicht nur Phil Spitalny and His All Girl Orchestra, sondern auch Hour of Charm Orchestra genannt nach der Radiosendung Hour of Charm, in der es regelmäßig ab 1935 zu hören war (zuerst bei CBS, 1936 bis 1946 für NBC unter dem Sponsor General Electric und 1946 bis 1948 wieder für CBS).
The Hour of Charm Orchestra was an American musical group led by Phil Spitalny. Popular in the 1930s and 1940s, it was an all-female orchestra in an era when most orchestra members were male. The group was also known as Phil Spitalny's All-Girl Orchestra.
Here’s Phil Spitalny’s Hour of Charm Orchestra, the best-known of the all-women ensembles. From 1934 to 1949, Hour of Charm toured coast-to-coast broadcasting on the CBS, NBC and Armed...
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Phil Spitalny's Orchestra. Profile: Big band orchestra conducted by Phil Spitalny. The orchestra charted 4 times, with "Just a Little Longer" (with Charles Hart on vocal) and "Someone is Losin' Susan" (an instrumental) both coming in at the #14 in the U.S. in 1927.
In 1934, Spitalny organized an all-girl orchestra, which made its debut at the Capital Theater in New York and performed on the radio program "The Hour of Charm" beginning in January 1935.
The musical group featured in the program was originally called Phil Spitalny's All-Girl Orchestra. Spitalny directed the group that, as the name implies, was composed only of females. In time, however, the group became so associated with the program that it became known as the Hour of Charm Orchestra .
